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why are coach purses so expensive

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Ns1 said:
practical improvements only go so far


you could also argue that handbags have a longer lifespan than video cards.
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But here's the thing, if you are savvy with your hardware purchases, you can sell them later and make back a good percentage of what bought it for and put that to an upgrade.
The last 3 video card upgrades I've sold my old video card for more than what I bought it for, 3 months later. I think I'm about $30 ahead right now, and I have a much nicer video card.

Just recently I spent $200 on a Logitech G27 racing wheel, quite a bit more than I'd normally spend on a toy. But I bought it with the understanding that later I could sell it for around as much as I paid for it. Well guess what, I sold it for $450 just a couple days ago. I love when my hobbies make me money 🙂

Now if you can do a similar sort of thing with purses, I'd be all for it (and maybe you can, but I'd imagine for the most part they only go down price)
 
DixyCrat said:
yep; it's functional in that you get a very marginal benefit that is mostly associated with personal ego. I know i measure dick-length in Crysis FPS, don't you?


Also, there is a lot to be said for showing others that you are part of a club that requires too much money to be in. It says "I want for nothing; I want to be with others that want for nothing".

Also, kick her to the curb, she's going to drain you dry if she becomes your wife!


.... one of the above paragraphs was intended humorously.
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That right there sealed the deal.

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One quick look at at:fs will tell a much different story

I've gone through dozens of cards through the years and never made a dime. I mean how do you compete?

A $500 video card today will cost a few hundred brand new months down the line

You buy a $700 coach bag and it's going to cost 700 at the stores until they don't make it anymore.
 
why are coach purses so expensive
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A number of years back I was hanging out at the Beverly Center mall in LA with a transsexual asian friend, and when we happened to pass by the Coach store there I noticed some pretty basic looking women's shoes on display in the window with ~$80 price tags. Upon asking her why these prices should be so high, she gave me a funny, condescending look and said "because they're Coach!" As if this fact should be perfectly logical to anyone.

Go figure.
 
Ns1 said:
One quick look at at:fs will tell a much different story

I've gone through dozens of cards through the years and never made a dime. I mean how do you compete?

A $500 video card today will cost a few hundred brand new months down the line

You buy a $700 coach bag and it's going to cost 700 at the stores until they don't make it anymore.
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even if you do sell it, you're losing money on a hobby. in your (not specifically you) mind, it's a worthwhile purchase. women get the same amount of enjoyment, money aside. either way it's nonessential, and the price is set by how much people will pay for it.
 
nkgreen said:
even if you do sell it, you're losing money on a hobby. in your (not specifically you) mind, it's a worthwhile purchase. women get the same amount of enjoyment, money aside. either way it's nonessential, and the price is set by how much people will pay for it.
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Until they buy the next best purse they see, for double the price of the last one.
 
nkgreen said:
even if you do sell it, you're losing money on a hobby. in your (not specifically you) mind, it's a worthwhile purchase. women get the same amount of enjoyment, money aside. either way it's nonessential, and the price is set by how much people will pay for it.
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:thumbsup:
 
RavenSEAL said:
Until they buy the next best purse they see, for double the price of the last one.
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And? My Martin sounds great, but I'd jump on a better one in a heartbeat if I could afford it. We all buy shit we don't need, at prices others wouldn't dream of.
 
My SO has a fondness for premium bags, and so do I - although obviously not the same ones (with the exception of a Valextra laptop shoulder bag which I decided was way too metro for me).

It's definitely something you get into though when the rest of your wardrobe justifies it - especially for a dude.

Knockoffs strike me as a particularly pathetic thing - the owner only buys it for the image - as a large part of the ownership appeal is in the materials and workmanship, and the way that works and wears. But this won't be apparent to someone who hasn't lived with these.
 
vbuggy said:
My SO has a fondness for premium bags, and so do I - although obviously not the same ones (with the exception of a Valextra laptop shoulder bag which I decided was way too metro for me).

It's definitely something you get into though when the rest of your wardrobe justifies it - especially for a dude.

Knockoffs strike me as a particularly pathetic thing - the owner only buys it for the image - as a large part of the ownership appeal is in the materials and workmanship, and the way that works and wears. But this won't be apparent to someone who hasn't lived with these.
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My mother has the means to afford purses of any kind short of 4 figures. She tried the fakes especially being here in S. Florida where they are everywhere.

She likes the real ones mostly...there have been times when fakes (still a $200 bag) have been better in some areas. Most of the fakes are shitastic quality. Printed where stitched or dyed was on the original, crappy liners material and fasteners...

Still there are two schools of thought, being seen in it or living in it.
 
Designer bags are expensive for one reason: it would take way too long for any ordinary person to figure out a fashionable hand bag. By the time the person figured out what they wanted, it would change.
 
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Kadarin said:
A number of years back I was hanging out at the Beverly Center mall in LA with a transsexual asian friend, and when we happened to pass by the Coach store there I noticed some pretty basic looking women's shoes on display in the window with ~$80 price tags. Upon asking her why these prices should be so high, she gave me a funny, condescending look and said "because they're Coach!" As if this fact should be perfectly logical to anyone.

Go figure.
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It's perfectly logical if you don't think about. At all. If there's one trend permeating all of culture currently it's that. Don't look to closely. Don't try to figure it out. Don't ask too many questions.
 
I'm glad my wife isn't quite as expensive, last two or three bags I/she bought were Guess, and while not cheap, one was on sale, and the others came from either TJ Maxx or Ross. I think the one on sale might have been $120, but it was down from like 400.

I don't blame her for wanting nice bags though. I'm sure the $10 sunglasses at Wal-Mart are as functional as my Oakleys, but I'd rather have my Oakleys. Same with my Jordans...much cheaper shoes available, but I see no reason not to enjoy some nicer things in life.
 
Ns1 said:
practical improvements only go so far


you could also argue that handbags have a longer lifespan than video cards.
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course you could also say that video cards help support the work of scientists and engineers pushing technology ahead.

handbags are pretty much totally frivolous. design is an arbitrary fad.
 
Having just got an introduction to brands such as Hermes etc via this thread, I guess I should be grateful that my GF is partial to Coach and Michael Kors.
 
I usually only wear Coach belts, I like how they wear and think they don't split or stain (when wet) like others. Seems like lately they've just been concentrating on making ugly women's bags and ignoring everything else.

Personally I think leather Coach, not a huge fan of the fabric and weird patterns that have dominated their line up lately. A bunch of male members in my family have Coach briefcases/shoulder bags from the 90s and still use them everyday.
 
kami333 said:
I usually only wear Coach belts, I like how they wear and think they don't split or stain (when wet) like others. Seems like lately they've just been concentrating on making ugly women's bags and ignoring everything else.

Personally I think leather Coach, not a huge fan of the fabric and weird patterns that have dominated their line up lately. A bunch of male members in my family have Coach briefcases/shoulder bags from the 90s and still use them everyday.
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Agreed. Their leather products for men, what little they still make, are great and seemingly last forever. They aren't all that expensive either. Find a Coach Outlet store and you can pick up a wallet for @ $25 and belts for $15.
 
Kadarin said:
A number of years back I was hanging out at the Beverly Center mall in LA with a transsexual asian friend, and when we happened to pass by the Coach store there I noticed some pretty basic looking women's shoes on display in the window with ~$80 price tags. Upon asking her why these prices should be so high, she gave me a funny, condescending look and said "because they're Coach!" As if this fact should be perfectly logical to anyone.

Go figure.
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Pics of tranny friend?
 
alkemyst said:
My mother has the means to afford purses of any kind short of 4 figures.
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It's kind of debatable the context of 'means' in that respect - especially for women.

I'm a dude, only a tiny bit closet metro, and these days I wouldn't spend less than $1K on a leather bag (and definitely not from a 'look at me' brand) I don't consider disposable. The same options - but usually with much higher price tags - exist for women - the SO has a barrage of them.
 
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kami333 said:
I usually only wear Coach belts, I like how they wear and think they don't split or stain (when wet) like others. Seems like lately they've just been concentrating on making ugly women's bags and ignoring everything else.

Personally I think leather Coach, not a huge fan of the fabric and weird patterns that have dominated their line up lately. A bunch of male members in my family have Coach briefcases/shoulder bags from the 90s and still use them everyday.
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an entirely metro family?
 
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